JK Rowling Raises $3.9 Million for Charity
Posted on December 14, 2007
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has helped to raise $3.9 million for charity after a rare copy of her latest book sold at a London auction for 40 times its estimated price. “The Tales of Beedle The Bard” is a hand-written and illustrated book of tales relating to Harry Potter’s final adventures. Only seven copies of the book are in existence. Rowling put one of them on the auction block to raise money for a charity she founded called Children’s Voice. The other copies of “The Tales of Beedle The Bard” were handed out personally by Rowling as gifts.
The rare book - the only one bound in brown morocco leather and mounted with silver and semi-precious stones - was sold to London dealer Hazlitt, Gooden and Fox for a winning bid of 1.95 million pounds ($3.98 million) on behalf of Amazon.com at Sotheby’s auction house on December 13, 2007. It was originally valued at between $60,000 to $100,000.
Speaking after the sale, Rowling said: “I’m stunned and ecstatic. Christmas has come early for me.” Rowling founded Children’s Voice in 2005 with the aim of improving the rights of European children.
Amazon.com has posted several pictures of the book here.
Source - news.yahoo.com
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